The National Broadband Plan delivered to Congress today calls for another 500 megahertz of spectrum to be freed up for wireless use by 2020, as well as an auction of D-Block spectrum and greater use of unlicensed spectrum. ... Read More »

As we await the release of the FCC's National Broadband Plan on March 17th, PRTM is hopeful that the forthcoming recommendations will effectively serve their intended purpose to help reinvigorate the United States' leadership in ... Read More »

The growing popularity of smartphones and multimedia-rich services has bombarded subscribers with new devices and applications. However, there is a simpler opportunity to improve the user experience that doesn't require any ... Read More »

Editor's Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We've gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. The final ratification of 802.11n ... Read More »

LAS VEGAS — It's been a long time coming, but at this year's CES many more are willing to say mobile digital television is here and will be ready for consumers in 2010. The Open Mobile Video Coalition, which is comprised of ... Read More »

CTIA and the Consumer Electronics Association have proposed that TV broadcasters transition from high power/high tower antennas to a low-power antenna structure to free up between 100 megahertz and 180 megahertz of spectrum that ... Read More »

Part 2 of a 2 part interview with Louis Gump of CNNmobile. ... Read More »

Part 1 of a 2 part interview with Louis Gump of CNNmobile. ... Read More »

Are the odds of a Verizon Communications bid for DirecTV Group shortening? The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) ... Read More »

The converging telecom and IT space is set to become a $5 trillion global business, fueled by relentless demand from individuals and businesses to be able to access information across any device at any time. ... Read More »

Nokia Corp. said today it would offer its mid-tier, touchscreen smartphone — the 5800 XpressMusic — in the United States for $400, with no carrier support. The news undercut Nokia’s public statements that it has approached the U. ... Read More »

The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the fourth quarter. ... Read More »

What a strange paradoxical digital world this is, with its seemingly endless supply of free content gushing through broadband pipes amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. How can this be? Is there such a thing ... Read More »

Mobile adult-content market remains a tough market, with projections it may reach $4.9 billion by 2013, propelled in part by increasing demand for video chat services, according to a report from Juniper Research. ... Read More »

There have been some press releases lately announcing the formation of a White Spaces Database Group that has voluntarily come together to identify and establish open and non-proprietary formats and protocols which may eventually ... Read More »

Mobile video is slowly gaining traction among U.S. consumers, according to new figures from The Nielsen Company. The market research firm found 11 million Americans consumed wireless video during the fourth quarter of 2008, up ... Read More »

MobiTV Inc. has reached its latest milestone, surpassing 6 million customers on its managed mobile media service. Indeed the company is moving quite quickly; MobiTV reached the 4 million customer mark in August, meaning 2 ... Read More »

­The approaching switchover to all-digital television broadcasting in the United States and other major countries will create an unprecedented opportunity for the mobile TV market, according to a new study from ABI Research. ... Read More »

Content from NBC and CBS is among the most popular with viewers of mobile video, with many tuning in to watch hour-long dramas — a format that initially thought to be unwieldy and unpopular with mobile viewers, reports ... Read More »

Congress approved legislation to postpone the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12, capping a fiercely-partisan House debate today that forces wireless carriers to wait another four months to get 700 MHz licenses they ... Read More »

The wireless industry suddenly faces a delay of its own, with digital TV legislation likely headed to the White House soon that will force wireless carriers to wait about four months longer to access 700 MHz spectrum licenses ... Read More »

The Senate approved a digital TV delay bill initially rejected in the House, likely setting the stage for legislation lacking certain concessions requested by wireless and public-safety sectors to be passed and signed into law by ... Read More »

While House Republicans managed to initially stifle House approval of a bill to delay the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12, Democrats who control Congress are pursuing a new strategy likely to result in passage next ... Read More »

Fiscal first-quarter revenue for Qualcomm Inc. reached $2.52 billion, up 3% year-on-year — the high-end of the company’s prior guidance — and net income reached $341 million, down 56% from the year-ago quarter. ... Read More »

A New York congressman has introduced a bill that would force US phone manufacturers to program an audible tone that plays every time the cellphone's camera is used, in an effort to stem the voyeuristic tide of revealing, ... Read More »

Congress is poised to approve legislation postponing the digital TV transition from Feb. 17 to June 12, with the public safety and mobile-phone sectors unable to win many concessions they sought. The Senate last night approved ... Read More »

Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) said a compromise reached on a bill to delay the digital TV transition to June 12 includes a carve-out for first responders, setting the stage for a floor vote and ... Read More »

By the time final numbers are crunched, President Barack Obama's inauguration likely will have been watched by more people and on more platforms than virtually any other televised event in U.S. history — including the Super Bowl. ... Read More »

So there I was in the front section on the west front of the U.S. Capitol, within yelling distance of the man who would forever transform presidential campaigning and fund-raising by leveraging cellphone texting, the Internet and ... Read More »

Winston Guillory, president of the company behind AT&T Inc.'s CruiseCast, clued us in on what the service entails. CruiseCast streams television channels to the vehicle through an antenna on top of the car. In fact, Guillory ... Read More »

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin today announced his resignation, marking an ending to a turbulent tenure in which he often found himself at odds with the mobile-phone industry and the Democratic-controlled ... Read More »

Congressional Republican and industry opposition are mounting over President-elect Barack Obama’s call to delay next-month’s digital television transition, with the nation’s two largest telecom carriers divided over how Congress ... Read More »

Attention mobile video entrepreneurs: One of the top executives at leading venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers is eager to find a mobile video company that offers “truly mobile video,” and he hasn’t seen it ... Read More »

Verizon Communications and CBS Corp said on Monday they had reached an expanded deal to carry CBS television shows like "CSI" and "Survivor" on Verizon's FiOS TV service as well as its wireless network. ... Read More »

AT&T CruiseCast announced pricing for its satellite video service for the car due in March, and said its service will also be offered to Avis/Budget rental cars customers in April. ... Read More »